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Artists in Exile.(Artists in Exile: How Refugees from Twentieth-Century War and Revolution Transformed the American Performing Arts)(Brief article)(Book review)

The New Yorker

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During the first half of the twentieth century, thousands of artists fled Europe's turmoil for the United States, in the process becoming more or less unwitting participants in "an ongoing national discussion about American identity." Though not all the emigres thrived, some, like Arturo Toscanini, found that their work translated easily to their new audience, while others, like George Balanchine, adapted Old World techniques to New ...

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